Integrated Gas overview
Key milestones
Portfolio events
- In February, we completed the acquisition of First Utility, a leading independent UK household energy and broadband provider.
- In March, we completed the acquisition of a 43.8% interest in Silicon Ranch Corporation, a developer, owner and operator of solar energy assets in the USA.
- In July, with our partners, we completed the dilution of interests in LNG Canada to Petronas. As a result, our interest in LNG Canada was reduced from 50% to 40%.
- In August, we acquired ENI’s interest in the North Coast Marine Area (NCMA) block offshore Trinidad and Tobago, increasing our interest from 63.2% to 80.5%.
- In December, we acquired Total’s 26% interest in the Hazira LNG and Port venture, increasing our interest from 74% to 100%.
- In December, we formed 50/50 joint ventures with EDF Renewables and EDP Renewables to build wind farms off the coast of New Jersey and Massachusetts, respectively, in the USA.
In February 2019, we acquired sonnen, a provider of smart energy storage systems and innovative energy services for households, and Limejump, a UK-based digital energy-technology company.
Major milestones
- In June, the final investment decision was taken on the Borssele III and IV offshore wind farm projects in the Netherlands (Shell interest 20%).
- In October, the final investment decision was taken on LNG Canada (Shell interest 40%). Construction has started and first LNG is expected before the middle of the next decade.
- In December, wells were opened at the Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility in Australia (Shell interest 67.5%) and gas and condensate are produced and moved through the facility. Once this has concluded, the facility will be stabilised for reliable production of LNG and LPG.
Divestments
- In Greece, we sold our 49% interests in Attiki Gas Supply Company S.A. and Attiki Natural Gas Distribution Company S.A.
- In India, we reduced our interest in Mahanagar Gas Limited from 32.5% to 10%.
- In Malaysia, we sold our 15% interest in Malaysia LNG Tiga Sdn Bhd to the Sarawak State Financial Secretary.
- In New Zealand, we sold our shares in Shell entities to OMV.
- In Thailand, we sold our 22.2% interest in the offshore Bongkot field and adjoining acreage to PTT Exploration & Production Public Company Limited.
In November 2018, we agreed to sell our interest in the undeveloped Sunrise gas field in the Timor Sea (Shell interest 26.6%) to the government of Timor-Leste. The transaction is pending regulatory approval and expected to close in the first half of 2019.
Integrated Gas key statistics |
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2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
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Earnings ($ million) |
11,444 |
5,078 |
2,529 |
3,170 |
10,610 |
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Earnings excluding identified items ($ million) |
9,399 |
5,268 |
3,700 |
5,057 |
10,332 |
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Cash flow from operating activities ($ million) |
14,617 |
6,467 |
9,132 |
7,728 |
12,689 |
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Liquids production (thousand b/d) [A] |
214 |
203 |
223 |
204 |
221 |
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Natural gas production (million scf/d) [A] |
4,311 |
3,969 |
3,832 |
2,469 |
2,666 |
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Total production (thousand boe/d) [A][B] |
957 |
887 |
884 |
631 |
682 |
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LNG liquefaction volumes (million tonnes) |
34.3 |
33.2 |
30.9 |
22.6 |
24.0 |
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LNG sales volumes (million tonnes) |
71.2 |
66.0 |
57.1 |
39.2 |
39.5 |
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Capital investment ($ million) |
4,460 |
3,827 |
26,214 |
5,178 |
9,124 |
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Capital employed ($ million) |
86,850 |
87,462 |
86,631 |
62,481 |
62,127 |
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Employees (thousands) [C] |
8 |
8[D] |
9[D] |
13 |
11 |